Dish drainer and drier



NTTED STATES PATENT Orrrc DISH DRAINER AND DRIER.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 53,055, dated March 6, 1666. u

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, R. W. STONE and H. A. KENDRIOK, of Rowe, in the county ot' Franklin and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and Improved Mode ot'Draining and Drying Table-Ware, and we do. hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and to the letters ot'referen ce made thereto.

The nature of our invention consists ot' a graduated adjustable frame for draining and drying table-ware, which saves the time and labor of wiping, the parts ot'which, for the sake of convenience, we name as follows: braces,77 slats,7 and rods,7 with adjusting-latches.77

The braces A may be straight or sections of a circle, as per drawing, arranged in pairs at at each end of the frame, connected at the top by a movable joint, B, diverging downward to the adjusting-latch O, from thence to the ends of the braces, which are sufficiently spread to secure the safe upright position of the frame.

The slats D are inserted in the braces A at points convenient to divide the frame into sections, which we name lower section,77 E, .intermcdiate, F, and upper section,77 G. There may be one or more intermediate sections.

The length ci' the sections is equal, being the space between the two braces A. The height of the sections is different, that of the lower, E, being the greater and sufficient to admit dining-plates. The intermediate sections are designed for the reception of tea plates and saucers, and are of sufficient capacity also to hold dining-plates, and both lower and intermediate sections are adjustable to large and small plates by the adjusting-latches O, connecting the lower ends of the braces A. The upper section, G, is designed for the reception of sauce-plates and smaller articles.

The rodsH are inserted in the slats D, front and back, parallel with the braces A, and graduated at a distance apartsutcient for the admission of the thickest plates, and by the removal of one or more rods, H, which is easily done, larger dishes may be admitted. The top ends of the rods are adjustable by latches I, attached to the upper rods, holding the rods close, so that the rods, front and back, cross, or holding them apart, so that the ends ot' the rods, fron t and back, come together, thus adapting this section ot' the frame not only to the reception ot' sauce-plates and smaller articles, but to the hanging of tea-cups,tumblers, bowls, Ste., on the ends ofthe rods.

Frames may be made to order by more or less intermediate sections, greater or less length ot' slats, and, as a consequence, more or less rods.

The adjustable frame may be made of metal or wood. We have tested said frame, and are convinced that it not onlysaves labor and time, but that the brilliancy and'luster oi' table-ware dried by our process are superior to that dried by the old process ot' wiping.

What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The arrangement and combination of the braces A, latches C I, slats-D, and rods H, as herein described, and for the purposes set forth.

ROYAL W. STONE. H. A. KENDRIGK. Witnesses T. W. FIELD, SAML. T. FIELD. 

